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POLITICS: Thompson appointees bring history, baggage to new posts
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe first high-profile appointments by new District Attorney Ken Thompson come to Brooklyn with...
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PARK SLOPE: Slope hails road warrior DeBlasio
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyMayor DeBlasio has tasked police and city agencies with clamping down on reckless drivers in an effort to bring traffic deaths down to...
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DEVELOPMENT: Con-don’t! Deputy Beep wants jobs over housing
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyThe city must slam the door on developing new housing in Brooklyn’s old industrial neighborhoods by banning new apartments in those...
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Abraham Lincoln’s Holley heading to Florida after Penn...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyAbraham Lincoln defensive tackle Thomas Holley had to do a fast pivot when the college coach who recruited him bolted shortly after...
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: All-Brooklyn boys’ soccer honors
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn boys’ soccer teams produced some historic moments in the past season. Poly Prep won...
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COBBLE HILL: Brooklyn Israel Film Fest screens Israeli-Palestinian gay love...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyTalk about bridging the gap. The Brooklyn Israel Film Festival turns 10 this year, and it is heading into its teen years appropriately,...
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FORT GREENE: Battle of the kings: Neighboring Fort Greene theaters both stage...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyIt would not be a Shakespearean tragedy without an epic battle. Two nearby Fort Greene theaters are staging William Shakespeare’s “King...
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GOWANUS: A taste of the Gowanus: Popular ice cream shop to offer ‘toxic...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyGowanus is getting a taste of its own medicine. The popular Prospect Heights ice cream shop Ample Hills Creamery is opening a bigger...
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BOROBEAT: Too cool for high school school
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyThe Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies threw a jubilee on Jan. 17 for students who finished semester-long internships with the...
View ArticleWILL’S WATCH: Progressive Caucus wants to ‘Occupy’ Council
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyCall it the Council commune! Insiders say that Councilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) is attempting a radical re-shaping of the city’s...
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BAY RIDGE: City floats Ridge’s boat
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyIt’s a ferry tale come true! The city is poised to extend the commuter boat service from the Brooklyn Army Terminal, which is...
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BAM celebrates Martin Luther King day
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyWe remembered King for a day. Prominent Kings County residents gathered on Monday morning at...
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS: Four great ‘Illuminated’ events at the Botanic Garden
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyThe Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s “Illuminated” midwinter festival is more than just a couple of pink gorillas playing to foxtrotting...
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Collegiate girls hold off Staten Island Academy
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyThe first-year coach implored his Brooklyn Collegiate team to be itself if it wanted the game to turn in its favor. “I told them to...
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CRIME: Capital run! Cops searching for Sunset bank robber
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn DailyCops say they need your help to track down a bank robber and car thief who held up a Sunset Park Capital One last October and ditched...
View ArticleBAY RIDGE: Knife-toting thug slashes man amid brawl
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily68th Precinct Bay Ridge—Dyker Heights Cut and run A thug cut up a man amid a massive brawl on 88th Street on Jan. 19, police report....
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MILL BASIN: The Blackout burns out
Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyIt is lights out for the Blackout. The Brooklyn Blackout, a professional basketball team that...
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS: Pink gorillas put on wild ball at Botanic Garden
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew PerlmanBrooklyn DailyThe kids are going to have a ball at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden — in all senses of the word. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is once...
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WILLIAMSBURG: Upping the Ante-bellum: New show puts the audience into old New...
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Megan RieszBrooklyn DailyIt is “Sleep No More” with a Southern spin. A trio of performance artists fresh off a Moscow tour are bringing a 45-minute whirlwind of...
View ArticleBENSONHURST: Punks attack man with water bottle
See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Will BreddermanBrooklyn Daily62nd Precinct Bensonhurst—Bath Beach Break today A group of juvies assaulted a man with a water bottle at a fast food joint on 86th...
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